Funny Mummies comedy show tours outback Queensland

Comedian and founder Jenny Wynter and her co-comedians Carolyn Mandersloot and Lucy Peut will perform in Hughenden (Nov 5), Julia Creek (Nov 7) and Winton (Nov 8) this week sharing their hilarious parenting and mummy stories with other women across the region.

"The show includes three mums, three different acts and we have our own stories and experiences to share," Ms Wynter said.

"But it is very much the pains and struggles of parenting and flipping them so we can laugh through the stress. After 2020 I don't think it could be more important."

Ms Wynter said the show provided a communal stress relief for both the comedians and patrons.

"By sharing our experiences it provides a sense of relief for parents knowing they are not alone," she said.

"I also feel when you let it all hang out, it really encourages everyone else to be raw and have no shame. We don't have to pretend that we all have our act together, it's okay and encourages us to be honest about these things."

Ms Wynter said people who attend the show can expect a "mother's group on a crazy night out."

"It's a communal stress relief seeing the trials and tribulations of three mums and laughing our way through the experiences and the show, she said.

"I am a mum of six in a blended family, I started doing comedy because honestly it was an excuse to just get out of the house and also fuel any stressful moments into a creative outlet; then it snowballed into a comedy career.

"I guess being a mum in comedy I've realised that we are quite under-represented and also I feel like mums are such an under-served audience, so I wanted to create something that celebrated mothers on and off stage."

The Funny Mummies show started in 2018, and had planned to conduct another tour in 2022 when funding became available after COVID-19 lockdown.

"When Queensland restrictions eased funding became available for touring shows and we were successful and were able to tour the state," Ms Wynter said.

"We wanted to tour as soon as possible and we were lucky enough to be the first Queensland show to go back on the road after lockdown.

"We have done a tour in south and central Queensland and it was brilliant, it just felt like coming to town and meeting with a heap of girlfriends."

Ms Wynter said they plan to travel further west to Mount Isa in the next year.

"It has been such a popular tour that we have already had inquiries about coming out to regional and rural areas again. So it is likely that we will be out in 2021."

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